Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Subsidy of Rs. 22.93 Cr has been released for procurement of 286 units of sanitation related equipments/ projects by 641 Safai Karamcharis under SRMS
Capital Subsidy of Rs. 22.93 Cr has been released for procurement of 286 units of sanitation related equipments/ projects by 641 Safai Karamcharis under Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers SRMS. Capital subsidies are provided to Safai Karamcharis through DBT. The scheme for providing capital subsidy has been started from the year 2020-21.
A statement showing State-wise & Year-wise details of beneficiaries covered and capital subsidy released under SRMS is given at Annexure-I.
As per two surveys conducted in the year 2013 and 2018 for the identification of Manual Scavengers, 58098 eligible manual scavengers have been identified out of which 41249 are women.
Government was implementing a Central Sector Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers . This is a gender neutral scheme targeting occupation based identification and rehabilitation of manual scavengers. The following were the provisions for providing assistance to the identified manual scavengers for their rehabilitation:-
- One-time Cash Assistance of Rs. 40,000/- per family has been provided to all identified and eligible 58098 manual scavengers.
- Capital Subsidy upto Rs. 5,00,000/- has been provided 2313 manual scavengers and their dependents to take up alternate self employment projects and 641 beneficiaries  for sanitation related project.
- Skill Development Training has been provided to 22294 manual scavengers including women and their dependents  with stipend @ Rs. 3,000/- per month during the training period. The successfully trained candidates are also provided Government recognized training certificates and assistance for sustainable employments.
- Health Insurance under Ayushman Bharat, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana  to the families of all the identified manual scavengers.
The nomenclature of  scheme has been changed to National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem”  including above existing components of SRMS.
Annexure-I
State & Year-wise details of capital subsidy released under SRMS as on 30.06.2023
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2020-21
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State
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No. of Beneficiaries
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Number of Machines
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Capital Subsidy released
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Madhya Pradesh
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3
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3
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9.75
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Total-A
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3
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3
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9.75
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2021-22
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State
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No. of Beneficiaries
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Number of Machines
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Capital Subsidy released
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Andhra Pradesh
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336
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93
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1219.08
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Odisha
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19
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9
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62.43
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Madhya Pradesh
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42
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42
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155.36
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Haryana
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2
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2
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9.88
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Maharashtra
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2
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2
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7.9
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Telangana
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26
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15
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101.85
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A & N Islands
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11
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8
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38.19
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JharKhand
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5
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5
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19.39
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Uttar Pradesh
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18
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18
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64.32
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Total-B
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461
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194
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1678.4
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2022-23
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State
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No. of Beneficiaries
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Number of Machines
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Capital Subsidy released
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Uttar Pradesh
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14
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14
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52.82
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Jharkhand
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2
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2
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7.70
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Andhra Pradesh
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106
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35
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342.28
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Madhya Pradesh
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32
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32
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133.95
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Telangana
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23
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6
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68.53
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Total-C
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177
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89
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605.28
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Grand Total 
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641
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286
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2293.43
This information was given by Minister of State for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Ramdas Athawale in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.